MANA 341 Chapter 3: Mana 341 - Stefanie Ruel - Chapter 3- Fundamentals of Organizational Structure - Fall 2017
21 Sep 2018
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Organizational structure: 3 components to organizational structure, organizational structure designates formal reporting relationships, including the number of levels in the hierarchy and the span of control of managers and supervisors. Identi es the grouping together of individuals into departments and of departments into the total organization. Emphasis on learning is associated with shared tasks a horizontal hierarchy, few rules, face-to-face communication, many teams and task forces, and informal, decentralized decisions making. Linkage is de nes as the extent of communication and coordination among organizational elements. Hierarchical referral: the rst vertical device is the hierarchy, or chain of command - if a problem arises that employees don"t know how to solve, it can be referred up to the next level in the hierarchy. Vertical information systems: a vertical information system is another strategy for increasing vertical information capacity - include the periodic reposts, written information, and computer-based communications distributed to managers.
